In early 2011, monochrom will make one of humanity’s old dreams come true: an improv reality sitcom for theater stages portraying the first year of operation of the ISS (International Space Station). The show will depict day-to-day working life in outer space. What is it like to live and work under the special conditions (and … Read more
Als im Punk vor langer Zeit die ersten Fanzines entstanden – in Windeseile zusammengeschusterte, kleinauflagige Undergroundhefte mit Nachrichten aus der Szene für die Szene–, waren dies schnelle Medien für eine schnelle Subkultur. Weil sie sich auf nichts einließen, garantierten sie maximale Autonomie. Ihr Erscheinungsbild zeigte ihre Unabhängigkeit von bürgerlichen Seh- und Lesegewohnheiten stolz vor. 1980 … Read more
For the series on “Women leaders in art and science” wieninternational.at spoke this week with Beatrix Patzak, director of the Federal Pathologic-Anatomical Museum in Vienna. The woman who reigns over about 50,000 anatomical and pathological specimens reported from her workplace in the so-called Narrenturm (Madhouse Tower) about her first activities at the museum, her everyday … Read more
Part of the hesitation on the Beatles’ part may have been that the band have always been heavily protective of their music, keen never to devalue the brand by giving away their songs too cheaply: when the disruptive effects of the internet were first felt within the music industry, one common response was to start … Read more